He was getting cigarette out of his mother's car

1:13 PM,
Jul. 29, 2013

Roy Middleton was shot Saturday morning by deputies while trying to get a cigarette out of his mother's car.

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Kevin Robinson
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Lying in a hospital bed the night after he was shot by Escambia County sheriff's deputies in his own front yard, Roy Middleton only had one question: Why?

Middleton, 60, of the 200 block of Shadow Lawn Lane in Warrington, was shot in the leg about 2:42 a.m. Saturday while trying to retrieve a cigarette from his mother's car in the driveway of their home. ...